Biology:Ancylolomia palpella

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Short description: Species of moth

Ancylolomia palpella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Ancylolomiini
Genus: Ancylolomia
Species:
A. palpella
Binomial name
Ancylolomia palpella
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea palpella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Ancylolomia palpella var. sovinskyi Krulikovsky, 1909
  • Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916
  • Ancylolomia palpigeralis Hübner, 1825
  • Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911
  • Ancylolomia affinis Rothschild, 1921
  • Ancylolomia syriaca var. mesopotamica Rebel, 1918

Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Belgium, France , Spain , Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland , Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine , Russia ,[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.[3]

The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.

Subspecies

  • Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
  • Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
  • Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4753156 entry